High School

Which team holds the longest current winning streak over Jefferson Forest?

Why, it's none other than Rustburg. The Red Devils have been a thorn in the side of the Cavaliers the past three years. In fact, there is not a single player on the current Cav roster who knows the feeling of beating Rustburg on a varsity gridiron.

By the way, those three straight losses have all been particularly ugly.

They just can't seem to get over the hump. As a result, Liberty seems destined to be a middle-of-the-pack member of the Seminole District volleyball club.

This past Thursday night was a microcosm of the Lady Minutemen's season. After storming out to a furious start, they knocked the visitors from Brookville back on their heels. Liberty claimed the opening set in neat fashion, 25-22.

The Wicked Witch of the West being the notable exception, there are few folks who abhor water these days as much as the Jefferson Forest golf team.

The Cavs saw their season stopped in a sad and soggy style, done in by an eminently more powerful foe: Old Ma Nature.

She turned on the spigots Tuesday morning, turning what had been an already damp Ivy Hill course into an unplayable one. If she'd waited another hour to let loose the liquid, JF might have pulled out the win.

The offensive guard and defensive tackle's work in the trenches all season long would have earned the praise of King Richard the Line-Heart.

This past Friday, against Amherst, Tidwell plucked a loose fumble in the end zone as deftly as King Arthur drew Excalibur from the stone. And while Arthur's act presaged Camelot, Tidwell's play helped ice Jefferson Forest's victory over the Lancers.

That mix of exasperation and awe is what is being experienced by fans of the foes of Jefferson Forest football.

The latest to experience such emotions: the Heritage Pioneers.

That's the same Heritage Pioneers who have been to the State semifinals (last year) and finals (the year before). Yup, the Pioneers who last lost a regular-season game nearly two years ago (and that was to eventual State champion Brookville).